Sunday, 1 November 2020
I'll give it a think
Published in and dated "2000" and I date my work a year before publication when it is fully drawn (so 1999 really) I was looking at the Ten Dancing Monkeys" story arc -the final chapter of which is missing. It mnay look crappy now as it was hand lettered, I was wondering whether I ought to scan the old work (it would be over 60pp!) and just publish it on the Black Tower blog.
The finale featured "The Monk", Wagner the Werewolf and other Penny Dreadful characters. I have a good few art chores that I cannot get the "push" to fdinish and that includes covers for The Green Skies and the final pages for Black Tower super Heroes 8.
I'll give it a think.
Cinebook Ltd: Newsletter 154 - October 2020
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Please give a warm welcome to a new, three-volume period series: The Battle. Based on a multiple award-winning novel by French writer Patrick Rambaud, The Battle chronicles the terrible Battle of Essling in 1809 – Napoleon’s first stumble after a string of stunning victories. Take an uncompromising tour of the battlefield as seen through the eyes of several characters – simple soldiers, dashing young officers and exalted marshals and dukes … More nobility with the latest Gomer Goof – though the ‘Duke of Goofington’ belongs to the aristocracy of walking disasters. You can’t fault his intentions, but the results … Oh dear. Fortunately, it’s all perfectly harmless – and hilarious! Finally, Yakari shows once again a nobility of spirit and a bravery no one would expect from such a young boy, when another tribe steals his people’s horses and he joins his father and other warriors in attempting to take them back. Expect a fine adventure to follow! October with Cinebook – the noble art of comics! |        | |
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 | Gomer Goof 7 Franquin Gomer, Duke of Goofington Among the many obstacles to Spirou Magazine’s productivity, two of the most formidable are Gomer’s little protégés: a very playful cat and an evil-tempered black-headed gull. Between the bird’s dive-bombing attacks and the feline’s recurrent bouts of madness, Prunelle and the others don’t have it easy ... Read more |
 | The Battle Ivan Gil & Frédéric Richaud Book 1 of 3 Louis-François Lejeune, young colonel attached to the emperor’s staff, meets his old friend Henri Beyne in occupied Vienna. He also meets the beautiful Anna Krauss, with whom he is madly in love with. Nearby, though, Napoleon is attempting to crush the Austrian army... Read more |
 | Yakari 18 Derib & Job The Wall of Fire In the middle of the night, a daring thief from another tribe makes off with the horses of Yakari’s people. Only Little Thunder managed to escape him by fleeing into the forest. While the warriors hurry after their precious mounts, Yakari goes in search of his friend ... Read more |
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Saturday, 31 October 2020
Friday, 30 October 2020
Thursday, 29 October 2020
I'd be happy to find a copy of Crisis on Multiple Earths volume 5!
Image Comics new title Cross Over is getting the hell publicised out of it and I thought "give it a try"
£6.99 for #1?? What the -mother flipped that toast out the door. £6.99 seems to be the cheapest and my resp[onse to that is that I will continue not to buy any Image Comics which all seem to be pricey as heck -I can buy two new Marvel Comics for £6.00. So fro.
As it is the choiuce of covers for Avengers #37 in the UK is £3.65 for bland..uninspiring cover or 2-3 times that for an alternative cover.
Seriously, Black Tower it's one groovy cover and zero alternate covers.
Honetly, I used to buy a good few Image comics but the two local stores kept mising iues and they were always more expensive than Marvel or DC. Comic seller with the cheapest prices online is the one who i going to urvive the current comic store crisis due to that thing going on.
I'd be happy to find a copy of Crisis on Multiple Earths volume 5!
£332?? Why? Oh, flippers and slimy dealers because there is nothing in the collection that makes it rare.
Wednesday, 28 October 2020
Tuesday, 27 October 2020
Justice League (who cares?), The Avengers and a few thoughts
I caught part of a video today discusing the latest Justice League series from DC Comics. I just could not care less.
As with Marvel's The Mighty Avengers, I have followed the JLA since volume 1. On the shelf next to me are volumes 1-4 JLA The Silver Age, volumes 1-6 of the b&w DC Showcase JLA, JLA: Earth 2, JLA-JSA:Virtue and Vice as well as vol. 1-8 of the 2015/2016 eries (trades), vol 1-5 of the 2017 and 1-7 of the next volume. series so on and so forth.
That was it. Reboot after reboot after reboot after reboot after reboot and the stories had less "meat" to them -some nice art but heroes were becoming less heroes and more like villains and characterisation was bad. Not urprising since the characters changed so often. My Justrice League of America megapost I think shows that I was a fan -yes, even of "the Detroit period".
DC just took the reboots too far and really told us old fans to go uck our finger.
The current Avenger title started out well even though it seemed to be all over the place -1
Million BC and so on. But when the team got together -great fun (even though they ruined She-Hulk). Then it moved along and -because the movie was a success- the series became The Black Panther with cameo by some Avengers. Currently the Panther appears to be ...well, not the Panther he was in Jungle Action or other Avengers series. He is now more super human.
Some of the covers look good but a good few such as the one to the right is definitely "MEH!" With all the variant covers unless you want to pay 2-3 times the usual cover price you have to take what you get. The days of happily looking at Avengers comics are gone. Yes, American readers. the UK is not set up for comic fans but people who can squeeze every penny out of comic fans (a week after an issue appears the cover prices can rise by £4-5 and there is nothing special just a regular issue.
Some of the stories in the current run I think are stretched out too bfar and the current Moon Knight one could have been concluded in 2 issues but...
So I have given up on Justice League and that stance is not going to change. Avengers I stick with and I'm just dreading the next reboot!
I'd like to see how others are dealing with "uper groups" -Independent but until I get rich that ain't gonna happen.
Now, back to my own comic work....
Monday, 26 October 2020
‘Batwoman’ Unveils First Look at Javicia Leslie in the New Batsuit
The CW has released two first-look images for the “Batwoman” suit redesign based around actress Javicia Leslie’s character, Ryan Wilder.
The outfit will be featured starting in Season 2, episode 3, and is the first original design for the new Batwoman, as Leslie takes over the mantle from Ruby Rose, who led the show during its first season. Leslie is the first Black woman to portray a live-action version of the superhero on TV or film.
“I love the fact that Ryan is becoming her own Batwoman — it’s her style, her swag, and her moment,” Leslie said in a statement. “I felt it was important that viewers could tell by the silhouette that Batwoman was a Black girl. With the form-fitting suit and beautiful Afro, we definitely nailed it!”
The new outfit was conceptualized by Maya Mani and created by Ocean Drive Leather, while Janice Workman crafted the wig and Cory Roberts styled the makeup. Mani said the design is meant to highlight Leslie’s physical athleticism and offer a fresh take for the new character.
The black and red outfit features various new differences, but most notably, a new wig. Gone is the straight red hair, as the new design swaps in curly hair with red streaks. Also new to the character are the red gauntlets and a new belt with the bat logo. The laser-etched suit has other differences as well, visible in the first looks offered by the CW.
The suit embodies Ryan’s shift from using the Batwoman persona for personal gain to discovering the importance of the superhero as a symbol to Gotham City, said executive producer Caroline Dries in a press release. As she’s not the same person as Kate Kane (Rose), the woman who donned the suit before her, changes must be made to reflect her own style.
“As Ryan embraces everything that makes her special, she adjusts the suit to fit her physically and figuratively,” said Dries. “This meant creating a new body design and new cowl that was undeniably a statement that screamed ‘powerful.'”
Take a look at the images of Leslie as Batwoman below.
